DHA-GENEVA 94/0251

PHILIPPINES - TROPICAL STORM YUNYA
DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
20 JULY 1994

1. TROPICAL STORM YUNYA HIT NORTHERN PHILIPPINES 19-20 JULY WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 55 KMS PER HOUR AND HEAVY RAINS.

2. HEAVY RAINS CAUSED FLOODING IN WIDE AREAS OF PAMPANGA, BULACAN, BATAAN, ZAMBALES AND TARLAC. SERIES OF SECONDARY EXPLOSIONS OF PYROCLASTIC DEPOSITS FROM MT. PINATUBO CAUSED HEAVY ASHFALL IN PAMPANGA. RAINS ALSO TRIGGERED HEAVY FLOWS OF LAHAR FROM MT. PINATUBO. MAJOR ROADS AND BRIDGES CUT BY FLOODS AND LAHAR FLOWS.

DHA-GENEVA 94/0227

PAKISTAN - TORRENTIAL RAINS
DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO.1
4 JULY 1994

1.ON 3 JULY 1994 WIDESPREAD MONSOON RAINS CAUSED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE, PARTICULARLY IN LOW-LYING AREAS OF RAWALPINDI AND ISLAMABAD WHERE 190 MM OF RAIN WAS RECORDED. THIS REPRESENTS THE SECOND HIGHEST DOWNPOUR IN THESE CITIES ON RECORD. RAIN WAS ALSO RECORDED IN MURREE (62 MM), RISALPUR (29 MM) AND KARACHI (31 MM), AND TO A LESSER EXTENT IN PESHAWAR, LAHORE, SIALKOT, MULTAN, BAHAWALPUR, SHORKOT AND QUETTA.